Abdul Qadir Baloch

Abdul Qadir Baloch
Minister for States and Frontier Regions
In office 7 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded by	Najmuddin Khan
Succeeded by	Roshan Khursheed Bharucha (caretaker)
17th Governor of Balochistan
In office 1 February 2003 – 11 August 2003
Chief Minister	Jan Mohammad Jamali
Preceded by	Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal
Succeeded by	Owais Ahmed Ghani
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 17 March 2008 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born	(1945-04-09) 9 April 1945 (age 79)[1] Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party (2021-Present)
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2010-2021)
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy Command and Staff College National Defence University
Civilian awards	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1966 - 2003
Rank	Lt. Gen.
Unit	16 Baloch Regiment
Commands	XXX Corps XII Corps 19th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Kargil War 2001 India-Pakistan Standoff War on Terror
Military awards	Sitara-i-Jurat Hilal-i-Jurat

Abdul Qadir Baloch (Urdu: عبد القادر بلوچ; born 9 April 1945) is a Pakistani politician and retired army general who served as Minister for States and Frontier Regions in the third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017, and in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Baloch briefly served as the Governor of Balochistan during Pervez Musharraf rule in 2003.^[2]

Baloch had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to May 2018. He has four children named Aurangzeb, Jahnzeb, Fauzia and Nazia.